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Catholic Seminaries In Italy And Vietnam, Emma Mitchell

Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium

The Ricci Program invites students to compare "East and West" in a year-long research project in which they examine Italy and Vietnam in a topic of their choosing. This project examines the development and current operation of Catholic seminaries, hoping to offer new insights by presenting a comparison that has not been previously examined. Specifically, there is an examination of how different environments and challenges may present difference obstacles or opportunities for the potential reform of seminaries that many in the Catholic world call for today.

This project is a religious studies student's first attempt at a research project, and …

Freely Exercised: A Comprehensive Guide To Brexit And The Possibility Of Reunification On The Island Of Ireland, Isabel Zuniga

Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium

This project assesses the impact of Brexit on the tentative peace in Northern Ireland as well as the possibility of reunification with the Republic of Ireland in the next five years. It is a holistic approach to the problem of rising paramilitary violence in Ulster and takes on Unionist and Nationalist arguments for and against a United Ireland.